Israelis take Purim seriously—kids get the day off school, many towns put on a lively Purim parade, and the streets are filled with people of all ages running about in costumes, delivering … more

Jordan Hiller of Woodmere organized a chizuk mission to Copenhagen this week and was joined by several other Five Towners, including Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen, principal of Judaic Studies at the Hebrew … more

Ta’anis Esther, next Wednesday, will again mark the Yahrtzeit of HaRav HaGaon Moshe Feinstein, zt”l. For this occasion, we will again briefly highlight the valuable biography, “Reb … more

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has become a rising star in the Democratic Party through her focus on such economic and social issues as income inequality and taking on Wall Street banks, … more

Kindergarten students from HANC’s Samuel and Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School, in West Hempstead, had a wonderful time at the Long Island Children’s Museum, exploring scientific concepts … more

Star qualities shine both inside and out of the classroom at Midreshet Shalhevet. Over the past few weeks, students won numerous inter-school competitions and awards for superb performances in … more

Eight students from the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, along with students from other yeshiva high schools in the tri-state area, joined Yeshiva University’s YUPAC in lobbying trip to … more

The OU released the following statement on Wednesday: For more than a year, the Orthodox Union has made the case to City Hall that New York’s Yeshivas and Jewish day schools are—by … more

Last Tuesday evening, in a sold out theater on Central Avenue, the curtain rose as more than 70 Shulamith middle graders performed their hearts out in “Twisted.” It’s a play … more

In his book on politics in the Arab world, “Cruelty and Silence,” the Iraqi intellectual Kanan Makiya made a telling point about the opposition to the first Gulf war of 1991, when a … more